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GERALDJ". MULLIGAN, OF GOIIUMBUS, OHIO.

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Application filed December 8, 1921. Serial No. 520,964.

To all'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GERALD J. MULLIGAN, a citizen ofthe United States ofAmerica, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State'ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers,of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to containers for holding variousarticles and commodities andmore particularly to a container having aself-closing cover, my object being the provision of a container whosecover under normal circumstances may be shifted to permit of the desiredaccess to the interior of the container and will upon release return bygravity to the normal closed position, and a further object is theprovision of an arrangement of this character which will admit of theuse of the container for the purpose of holding various articlesincluding those articles best supported in a bag or flexible receptaclenor-' mally disposed within. the container and bodily removabletherefrom.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my present invention andforms a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side view with the cover closed,

Figure 2 is a similar view with the cover open,

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical section showing a slightly modifiedform,

Figure 4 is a partial horizontal section taken through Figure 3, and

Figuresb and 6 are side views showing ornamented forms of covers.

Referring now to these figures the'invention resides in a containerwhich maybe of the simple vertically cylindrical form indicated at 10 inFigures 1 and 2, having a closed base 11 and an upper open end, andprovided in accordance with my invention with an axial cover supportings em 12 which projects above the upper open end for the support of anautomatically closing cover 13. I prefer, and have shown this cover ofconical form, its lower widest end being substantially the same indiameter as the container 10 and its apex having a rounded socket 14-adapted to receive a balllike enlargement 15 at the upper end of thestem 12 so that the cover is in effect container.

downwardly to a point but slightly beneaththe upper edge of thecontainer and may have a right angular lower portion 17 whose angularend is hinged or pivoted in the bracket 18 secured to the inner surfaceof the wall of the container 10* so that the cover 13 can swing ascontemplated in the structure shown in Figures 1 and 2 and can also bebodily shifted along with the supporting stem to one side of thecontainer in the bracket 18 so as to permit of the introduction orremoval of an inner flexible receptacle or the like 19 which maybenormally supported upon hooks 20 within the In this latter form ofconstruction as shown in Figures 3 and 4 the angular end of the lowerarm 17 of the stem will have an angular extension 21 engaging the innersurface of the container to hold the stem- 12 in its normal uprightposition axially of the container.

As shown also in Figure 3 the upper rounded socket 1 1: of the cover 13may have an upstanding handle 22instead of relying merely upon therounded socket itself as a handle and as indicated in Figures 5 and 6,ornamental pieces 23 and 24 in the form of representatlons of birds, orfigures, may be secured upon the cover to form a handle therefor,

ltis obvious that the lid or cover as proposed by my invention permitsof the use of the container for various purposes and in various sizes,it being possible to utilize the same in smaller sizes for varioustoilet purposes, as powder containers, hair receivers and also as ashreceivers and the like and that it can be used with equal facility inlarge sizes as ash cans and waste cans of various characters. It willalso be appreciated that the lid or cover is free at all times to swingopen toward any side and to swing inwardly to closed position from anypoint around the container and that gravity alone provides for itsreturn move-' thereof upon the upper end of the said stem;

2. A container having an upper open end, a stem rising axially from thecontalner and above said upper end thereof and pro- 'vided with aball-like enlargement at its upper end, and a conical cover. having arounded socket at its apex in which the enlargement of the stem ismovably associated the ball and socket forming a universally movableconnection on which the cover can tilt laterally in all directionsaround the axis of the container.

3. A container having an upper open end, a stem rising axially from thecontainer above its said upper end, and a cover having a universallymovable connection axially thereof upon the upper end of the said stemand also provided with means projecting above its axis and forming ahandle therefor. J

4. A container having an upperopen end, a stem rising axially from thecontainer above its said upperend, and a cover having a universallymovable connection axially thereof upon the upper end of the said stem,said stem having a lower angular portion pivotally connected to theinner surface of the container adjacent to the said upper end of thelatter. I

5. A container having an upper open end and a bearing bracket secured toits inner surface adjacent to its upper open end, a

stem adapted to rise axially from the container above its open end,having a lower horizontal portion provided with an angular end movablein the bearing bracket of the container,'and a cover having auniversally movable connection upon the upper end of said stern, saidangular end of the stem having a depending extension to engage the innersurface of the container and normally support the stem in uprightposition.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. GERALD J. MULLIGAN.

